Posts by hamishm
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The things that is most frightening is his opportunity to stack the Supreme Court. If Ginsberg goes it's going to be a new Dark Ages.
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Hard News: Taxpayers' Union: still…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Waiting for their first "James O'Keefe" moment.
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Thanks Claudia.
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So not over hearing about Christchurch. I'll put this out anywhere I can.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Silver and Gold, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I thought he was performance art.
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Good lord, Roughan's smear sounds like the vision statement of a good TV current affairs programme. Comforting the afflicted and all
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Hard News: CWC 2015: Contains graphic horror, in reply to Rob Stowell,
"The Hobbit laws" Rob? Why they only work for the betterment of all mankind and couldn't be linked to something as crass as commercialised sport.
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Busytown: Tell You What: A Nonfiction Giveaway!, in reply to Son of Dad,
Fussell's book is very interesting and shows the depth of the effect The Great Slaughter had.
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Busytown: Tell You What: A Nonfiction Giveaway!, in reply to Joe Wylie,
I didn't know he had done that Joe. That is surprising.
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My favourite non-fiction read this year was "Return of a King" by William Dalrymple. It details the British invasion of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842 and what is most striking are the similarities between that invasion and the recent boondoggle. There are some marvelous events in the story including the British trying to get a listen to the French and Russian talks on a raft in the middle of a river by getting someone under the raft. But the overall impression is of history repeating itself, badly, for all concerned.